Egyptian Forces Capture 3 Divers Trying To Cut Undersea Internet Cable 166
Egypt's Naval forces claim they have captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean. Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said in a statement that the divers were caught while “cutting the undersea cable” of Telecom Egypt. Internet services have been disrupted since March 22 in Egypt. From the article: "The statement was accompanied by a photo showing three young men, apparently Egyptian, staring up at the camera in what looks like an inflatable launch. It did not have further details on who they were or why they would have wanted to cut a cable."
Measure twice. (Score:4, Funny)
But did they even cut once?
Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali (Score:5, Funny)
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, he makes sure Egypt doesn't lose internet tv.
Re:Copper prices (Score:5, Funny)
How were they able to tell (Score:5, Funny)
I mean... (Score:5, Funny)
Who, at some point, hasn't gotten *that* tired of seeing stupid reddit memes?
Re:How were they able to tell (Score:3, Funny)
they were Egyptian simply by the way they looked?
I've hear of DUI, DWI and DWB (Driving While Black). But this is the first case of DWE (Diving While Egyptian) that I'm aware of.
Re:How were they able to tell (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Is that even a real name? I swear news stories sound faker and faker every day. So what right will they want to take away in the US because someone "tried to cut an Internet cable"?
You will no longer be able to have flippers in your carry-on luggage. The TSA will require cavity searches of anyone going to tropical locations that may attract scuba divers. Regulators and frog masks will be banned from carry-on and checked luggage. Anyone purchasing or filling any kind of tank (including, but not limited to oxygen, water, CO2, propane, argon, nitrogen, etc.) will need to be registered, fingerprinted, and relinquish their constitutional rights and future social security payments. Additionally anyone who uses more than 100 gallons of water per month must turn over their first born daughter to spin straw into gold to help finance the new agency offshoot of the TSA to "protect" us all from this new vile form of terrorism.
Re:How were they able to tell (Score:5, Funny)
Too bad for them that not all the cops were in the donut shop.
Re: Measure twice. (Score:5, Funny)
The cable was slightly bent during the process, so 0's could get through, but 1's would get stuck where the cable is bent. That's how you end up with slower Internet traffic.
Re: Measure twice. (Score:4, Funny)
The cable was slightly bent during the process, so 0's could get through, but 1's would get stuck where the cable is bent. That's how you end up with slower Internet traffic.
That's peculiar. 1s look so much more slender than 0s. You'd think they'd be able to slip through a space where a 0 would get caught.
Re: Measure twice. (Score:4, Funny)
Here is the magic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity [wikipedia.org]
CC.
Re:Copper prices (Score:4, Funny)
Yet the dog lives.
I took that into account. The outer layer is a very tough, abrasion-resistant denim. Dog-safe. The kevlar is used underneath that to add tensile strength, and kevlar thread is used in all the stitching. Seams turned inwards, of course. Dog had has that toy for a year and subjected it to a lot of demanding use, and it has yet to tear or puncture.
Re:Are they from the Muslim Brotherhood ? (Score:5, Funny)
The Muslim Brotherhood isn't isolationist like, e.g., the Taliban nor do they have anything in particular against the West
Oh, well they don't sound all that bad...
They're more like what you'd get with Pat Robertson and his ultra-conservative compatriots controlling all three branches of the government.
OH GOD KILL IT WITH FIRE!